the Rhein Neckar Apple User Group AUG Newsletter Volu1ne 8, Number 4 April 1993 • ·.:. The Apple Adjustable Keyboard also includes volume and record keys that make it easy to control sound-a valu­ able feature in multimedia applications. In addition, 'it"s ~~~~ ·-:~. · y ··~-=-.. ~~ " .... compatible with all Apple Macintosh computers that have an - . Apple Desktop Bus (ADB) connector. Features And Benefits • Split angle adjusunent lets the user adjust the left- and right-hand sections of the main keyboard up to a 30° angle. • Detachable palm rests provide a flat surface to rest the hands while not typing. - Adjustable feet allow changing the slope of the keyboard and keypad to bener fit the user's preferences. • Easily accessible sound keys can modify the sound volume or allows the user to record without lifting his hands from the keyboard This feature will be most valuable in multimedia-type of applications. Ease of use ... and Desktop Bus Mouse II • Standard ANSI layout eliminates the need to re-learn the positions of the keys. Apple's New Adjustable • Easily accessible sound keys modify sound volume or Keyboard record without lifting hands from the keyboard. • Easy connection with any Macintosh through the Apple With its new ergonomic design, the Apple® Desktop Bus pcm. Adjustable Keyboard and the Apple Desktop Bus™ Mouse Flexlblllty II for Macintosh® gives users a more c.omfortable computing experience. • Full-featured keyboard for complete compatibility with Both produclS provide users with the flexibility of Macintosh applications. working on a variety of different work surfaces. • 11 I total keys with 15 function keys and an 18-key Apple Adjustable Keyboard numeric keypad. The new keyboard and keypad allows many more typing Price is $219 (Part Number M1242LlJA) positions. It's lbe perfect choice for t11ose wbo spend a great deal of time at the keyboard. See Keyboard: Continued on Page 3 The Rhein-Nedar Apple Users Group is a private organiz.atioo of 1hc 26ch AI~ Support Group IA W USAREUR Reg 210-1. The RNAUG Newsleller i.5 an independent publicatioo oot affiliat­ ed or ~·~e a.ssocialed with or sponsored or sanctioned by Apple Colqlllter, Inc. The opinions, su.temeou, positions, aod views staled berein are those of the author(s) or publisbeJ and •e not iolended to be the opiniom, Jtalemeots, positions, or views of Apple Co.~ei-, Inc. The RNAUG N~slener is publi.!bed ming a Macintosh SEJ30, Aldus/Silicon Beacll Personal Press 2.0, aod i.5 printed oo a Hewlen-Pactard De.!ikWriter C. For mormatioo. comments, ads, OI articles foe publication. wot.act Hank Lavagnini. Editor. the Rhein Neckar Apple User Group Minutes of April Meeting Financial Statement RNAUG Tries Multimedia at by Paul Kostelnik Ramstein Computer EXPO Mark Twain Village, Heidelberg-April 15, 1993 The April meeting at the Heidelberg High School ASSETS (22 Mar 93) . ChGcking Account ............... ............................. 1,396.13 opened co a full house of some 30 members and guests. Petty Cash ............................................................ 11.50 RNAUG President Jim Clark promised to keep the general Raffle Funds ........................................................... 0.00 announcements to a minimum so that more time could be Re-Inker Supplies ................................................. 78.46 spent in the special interest groups. Public Domain library........................................... 50.00 Jim also announced that he would not be at the next TOT AL ASSETS ............................................. 1,536.09 meeting on 13 May. Vice-President Ingo Richarz will fill in TOT AL LIABILITIES ............................................... 0.00 for him. NET WORTH .................................................. 1, 536.09 Jim advised members of several new handouts he had INCOME (Feb-Mar) received about Apple products. These were available to Disk of the Month .................................................. 15.00 those who were interested. We are also in receipt of a Re-Inking Service ................................................... 0.00 special offer to user group members from Vemana Press. Disk Sales ........................................................... 176.25 They are offering the new, second edition of Craig Ribbons ................................................................... 4.00 Miscellaneous ......................................................... 0.00 Danuloffs, The System 7 Book. which has been updated to Membership Dues include information on System version 7.1. The special Apple II Users........ .......................................... 10.00 price through July l, 1993 is $14.00. The retail price is Macintosh Users .............................................. 20.00 $24.95. A mail-in coupon will be in the next newsletter for TOT AL INCOME. ................................................ 225.25 interested members. EXPENSES (Jan-Feb) Jim then turned the floor over to Secretary Hank Door Prizes ......................................................... 299.65 Lavagnini for a report on the Computer Information Expo Fees ...................................................................... 35.00 held al the Ramstein Air Base Recreation Center on Miscellaneous ......................................................... 0.00 3 April. As il is their home lurf. members from the Petty Cash Expenses ........................................... 13.58 Kaiserslautern Apple and Macintosh User Groups out­ Disks, Ribbons, etc..................................... ............ 0.00 numbered the RNAUG reps. Paul 1'aro and Hank. The TOTAL EXPENSES ............................................ 348.23 K-Town folks had several Gs·s running in one area while their Mac colleagues sold an impressive array of share­ NET INCOME. ................................................... (122.98) ware/public domain disks adjacent to our site. What RNAUG lacked in numbers was made up in attention getters, though. A special color issue of the RNAUG Newsletter was snapped up quickly by the crowd that gathered. They came to watch the opening scene from the Mike can overlook a simple solution to a problem, the print­ original Star Trek TV series. complete with music, play in ing of newsletter got very much delayed with only time QuickTime on an Apple Color 14" monitor. This very enough to get a single run of color pages out. impressive QuickTime movie was courtesy of Paul Naro. After a question from the floor about disk fonnatting who also demo'd some ·'morphing" QuickTime movies he software. Jim held the drawings for the door prizes which created with Gryphon Software's Morph. included tbe new Apple mugs, keycbains and pins. Of all the exhibits, the Apple Macintosh display by the Tbe meeting then broke down into special interest folks ar AMEXTRA seemed to be the best and largest. groups. Unfortunately for the 11 Apple ll members, the key Because of the many people asking questions, and a few to the security cabinet housing the room's IlGS could not be glitches. Hank and Paul had little time to look around. located. The members made the best of the situation while Hank did report that, on the plus side, the new LCill was a the software demo's planned by Jim Clark and SIG Co­ great performer at a great, low price. Unfortunately, at rhe Chair, Alexander Siegfried were postp<>ned until the May Expo it was matched up to Apple's new, low cost color meeting. The Apple ll disk of the month contained the monitor which bas a terribly poor quality picture. Mike shareware game DuelTris. [See APPLE II NEWS mthis Vargo explained that the monitor is really just a plain VGA issue. -Editor] monitor. In any case, it is no where near the exceptional In the Mac SIG, Mike Vargo demonstrated the new quality of their higher end model. version of Claris Works, 2.0, using a PowerBook 160 driving Hank also apologized that the members received a black an IBM compatible VGA monitor. The new ClarisWorks and whire version of the newslerter. Because of a Joul-up. sports several new tools for better handling of graphics. which demonstrated that two "power-users" like Hank and There was no Mac disk of the month for this meeting. e 2 the Rhein Neckar Apple User Group Or, if by force of habit, you mouse up to the MaltiHnder Program Evaluation Application Menu and rerurn to At Ease by selecting it there. Whoops, now At Ease is just another open application and At EaseTM Version 1.0 anyone can get back to the Finder by mousing to Multi­ by Cllf Sayer, RNAUG Member Finder or by clicking on the Desktop. The only way to securely return to At Ease is by remembering to go to !he In the maiusueam computer magazines. reviews of pro­ File menu and dragging down all the way to the bottom to grams usually begin with a general. description of the "Go To At Ease". program, continue with praise for its good features. and It is also possible to get around At Ease by restarting with perhaps somewhere near the end of the article, have a mild a system floppy disk such as Disk Tools. In fact. this is the paragraph of remarks about some of the negative aspects recommended method if you forget your password and if the that the reviewer may have noticed. clue that you left in the dialog box no longer rings a bell. This review will not follow that format. Then you open the System Folder, open the Preferences Folder, trash the At Ease Preferences file, restart from the Danger!!! Do not install At Ease without carefully bard disk. open the At Ease control panel, and enter a new reading